Hi Larry, There is another curve in your calculations regarding amortization of the equipment. I have never seen the cost of the commercial energy sources lowered. Not ever. So the dollar value of the

Hi Dan, I'm one of those old pharts that favors CW. Sit down and get a good hold on your chair. 35 years ago I was on 15 meters with a puny, low hanging antenna and two watts maximum power. That is tw

Hi John, Doubling the power is good for a half to two-thirds of an "S" unit at the distant receiver. I can't imagine that bringing somebody from 35th place (35- really?) to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in just tw

Thanks Lee, ..for the info. I have vague recall about reports I read or heard from radio ops who were at sea in the early 1900s. They may not have had that much power but still made it a long way - at

Hi Walter, If you can't get that dipole up nearly 1000 feet the ground losses will cut your signal down to size. All of the other people who have been on the band with the experimental licenses have a

Hi Ken, My take on this thread is facebook might be an additional resource for 4SQRP and not a "migration". I don't hate or detest any of that stuff but I am more focused on email, snail mail, and um

Hi, Determined busybodies can hack *anything* - even your home. Don't bother to put your financials on facebook. I have a facebook account and I look at what my family - siblings, cousins, children, g

Hi Dan, The volume on mine is rather low but if my shop is quiet I can hear it from twenty feet - if i pay attention. I plug in the "computer speaker" too but if I am going to be near the radio it is

Hi Dave, It turns out in addition to the two missing caps that C11, a 560 pF cap that changes the band was defective. I measured *all* of the resistors before installing them. It can be difficult to r

Hi Dave, One of the 1 uF electrolytics (either C6 or C13) was missing and the little 4.7 pF C9 was missing. I have brand new 1 uF caps and just used one of those. I used a questionable cap at C9 and s

Hi, Today I finished assembly of the Ozark Patrol receiver that followed me home from the Michigan QRP Club picnic. I turned on the power and nothing popped, cracked, sizzled, or smoked. I was able to

Hi, I finally looked up the 'doofus'. I'm in! 73, Bill KU8H

Hi, Thanks. I suppose I will have to just hand fit two or three tubes and adjust grid bias, coils turns, and condenser settings to get it going. 73, Bill KU8H

Hi, Today the Michigan QRP Club held it's annual club picnic. Everybody had a great time. I won an Ozark Patrol kit. When I looked in the bag of parts it looks pretty nice but some of the parts are mi

Hi David, Unless archeologists evolve over the next few thousand years those parts will become "religious artifacts" - perhaps used in our human sacrifice rituals. 73, Bill KU8H

Hi Robert, In the 80s I had an Argonaut 509 rated to produce 2 watts of RF (CW/SSB). Sometimes QRP (less than 5 watts) is inadequate. I acquired the remains of a Heathkit DX 35 and turned the final am

Hi Steve, The NEScaf has an internal adjustment to set the level of the internal audio amp so that the volume remains about the same whether it is on or off. Apparently you won't be using it if it is

If you want everybody on the list to be at the Con you will have to move it here or boot me out. That's why. 73, Bill KU8H

Here ya go... Move OzarkCon to Grayling Michigan! 73, Bill KU8H

Hi, We should setup our radios for whatever we prefer. If there is no adjustment as Curt has mentioned we should use whatever that produces. I have one that is not adjustable and is 600 Hz. I dial the